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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cucurbita spp (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Summer Squash
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 690.0 10920.0 1.24 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 330.0 5220.0 -0.28 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit 560.0 8860.0 0.28 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 650.0 10285.0 1.60 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 230.0 3640.0 0.70 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.0 27.0 -0.23 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 170.0 2690.0 2.13 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 160.0 2530.0 -0.22 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 10.0 160.0 -0.26 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 5.0 85.0 0.32 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 140.0 2215.0 -0.46 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 380.0 6015.0 -0.27 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 10.0 169.0 -0.31 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.0 18.0 -0.01 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 6000.0 94935.0 0.50 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 410.0 6485.0 1.10 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 350.0 5540.0 0.71 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1950.0 30855.0 1.14 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 370.0 5855.0 0.51 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 11800.0 186700.0 1.03 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 5 *